Money holder



' 1,637,936 c. GROSS MONEY HOLDER Aug. 2, 1927.

Filed Feb. 10 19'26 thereon for the individual user.

Patented Aug. 2, 1927.

UNITED STA TES.

CHRISTIAN GROSS, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

MONEY HOLDER.

Application filed February 10, 1926, Serial No. 87,465, and in France March 18, 1925.

The present invention relates to a holder for paper money.

It is the primary object of the invention to provide a convenient and attractive device adapted to hold a quantity of paper money or bills. There is a long felt need for a device of this sort. particularly at the present time whenconsiderable paper money is in circulation and but very little money of large denominations is carried in the form of coins.

It is also sought to provide a device of the character mentioned which will not only efficiently clamp together a number of bills. but which is of attractive appearance. This may be accomplished in part by making the device of a, precious metal in the form of wire and providing an initial or monogram In this manner the device not only serves its purpose'as a money holder. but becomes an attractive article of jewelry. Jewels may be mounted in the holder in order to render it still more attractive.

A further object is to provide a device of this character constructed so as to receive and efliciently hold a comparatively large number of bills. A further feature is the provision of means for facilitating the entrance of bills into the holder sothat they will be securely clamped.

Reference is had to the accompanyin drawing which discloses several practica embodiments of the invention which are already in use.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of one form of the holder;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the holder of Figs. 1 and 2 but with the letters omitted for sake of clearness;

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the holder of Fig. 3 as it a pears when in use;

Fig. 5 is a si e elevation of the holder of Figs. 1-4, inclusive;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modified form of the holder. the letters again being omitted for sake of clearness: and

Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the'same.

The money holder proper or the frame work thereof is formed of a single continuous piece of spring wire. The device comprises a pair of clamping portions 1 and 2 which are approximately U-shaped. The legs of portions 1 and 2 at the open ends thereof are extended so as to form crossed portions 3 and 4 which join together the diagonally opposite legs. An advantage of this construction is that the device may he madeot one piece of metal, except for the letters or other decorations which may be added later. Figs. 1 and 2 show the completed money holder with the initials or letters in place. The framework of the holder of Figs. 1 and 2 is shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the initials or letters being omitted in these latter figures so that the details of the framework may appear clearly. Likewise. in Figs. 6 and 7 the initials or letters are omitted for sake of clearness. It is to be understood however that they may be mounted. if desired. in this modified form of the framework in the same manner as will be hereinafter described with reference to the construction of Figs. 1-5 inclusive.

Unlike other analogous clips or holders on the market the present construction permits the holder to open to any extent with both of its clamping portions 1 and 2 always remaining parallel to each other. The arrangement of the connecting portions 3 and 4 permits the clamping portions 1 and 2 to automatically move bodily towards and from each other so as to readily receive a large quantity of bills. without distorting the device. or to efiiciently clamp together a small quantity of bills. Fig. 4 shows clearly the manner in which the legs of the holder are sprung inwardly when bills are introduced into it. The result of these portions being sprung out of their normal position bv the introduction of the bills is that, as the quantity of bills in the holder is increased or decreased, these tensioned parts serve to tightly clamp the portions 1 and 2 on the bills'still remaining in the holder. As shown in Fig. 5, clamping portions'l and 2 are curved in opposite directions at one end so as to provide a flaring opening or throat 5 to aid in the introduction of the bills into the holder. The described construction renders the holder different from all known constructions. in that the latter obtain their clamping force as a result of the twisting of a wire at a single point. In the present construction the clamping force is derived from four points located in the lower portions of the legs of the clamping ot the clamping portions 1 and 2 tomove from the position in Fig. 4;, in which position the upper portions of the clamping members are constricted, to their normal position in which the legs of the clamping .members are released from any tension and are practically parallel to each other.

In;Figs. 1 and 2, the holder of Figs. 3 and 4 is shown with a letter of the alpha bet 6 set in clamping portion 1 and a member of the alphabet 7 set in the clamping portion 2 of the holder with letters or members 6, 7 in place in the clamping portions 1, 2, only the extremely outer end portions of the legs of U-shape'd clamping members 1, 2 i. e. those portions of the legs between the connecting portions 3. 4 and the nearest points of connection of letters 6. 7 to membersl, 2, are flexed towards each other and put under tension when bills are inserted in the holder. In other words letters 6, 7 being comparatively stiff, in eflect, form struts which serve to render clamping members 1,

2 rigid, except as stated for the flexible outer portions of the legs of the clamping members. These flexible outer portions of the legs are extremely short thereby increasing the spring or gripping action of the device and ensuring return of the parts to normal position when no bills are in place. Jewels 8 may be mounted in theholder, if desired. Initials or-letters 6, 7 are secured firmly in place at points 6', 6 and 7 7', respectively, in the clamping members 1, 2 by welding, soldering, brazing'or in any other suitable manner.

Figs. 6 and 7 show a form of the device which is practically the same as that of Figs. 1-5, inclusive, except that the crossed portions 3, 4' are pivotally connected together at 9. This serves to provide a more rigid construction and thus preventdistortion of the device. In this form the device is not only provided with the flared throat 5 by reason of the curvature of clamping members 1 and 2 at this end of the device, but clamping members are also curved in opposite directions at. the other end of the device so as to provide-a constriction 10. This constriction ensures that when the bills are introduced into the holder they will be clamped secure- 1y therein by reason of constriction 10, irrespective of how large or how small the quantity of bills.

It is contemplated that various modifications may be made in the constructions illustrated without departing from the invention.

What I claim is:

1. A money holder composed of an endless section of spring wire having a pair of opposed clamping portions joined together at one end by crossed connecting portions, said crossed connecting portions being pivotally connected to each other.

2. A. money holder comprising a pair of opposed, approximately U-shaped clamping portions having the outer ends of their legs joined together by a pair of crossed connecting portions, and a strut connecting together the legs of one of said clamping portions intermediate their ends.

3. A money holder comprising a pair of opposed, approximately U-shaped 'clampin portions having the outer extremities 0% their legs joined together by a pair of crossed connecting portions, and means connecting together the legs of each of said clamping portions so as to render the clamping portions rigid except for relatively short fle ailile portions formed by the outer ends of sai e 4. A money holder comprisinga pair of opposed, approximately U-shaped clamping portions having the outer ends of their legs joined together by a pair of .ossed connecting portions, and a strut connecting together the legs of one of said clamping portions in-- termediatetheir ends, said crossed connect ing portions being pivotally connected to each other.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

CHRISTIAN GROSS. 

